WASHINGTON (UPI) — President Barack Obama has raised the pay for employees of federal civilian agencies to equal the compensation of U.S. Department of Defense workers. Obama announced the 2.1 percent raise in letters

WASHINGTON — Hillary Clinton, on Capitol Hill for the first time since she lost the presidential election, feted departing Democratic Senate Leader Harry Reid while blasting fake news sites and urging lawmakers to fight

Two Babson College students accused of racist, homophobic slurs while celebrating Donald Trump’s victory at Wellesley College were cleared of the most grievous allegations against them in a campus police probe that Babson refuses

The City of Detroit is issuing municipal ID cards to open up access to city services for residents who might otherwise have trouble obtaining identification, including homeless people and undocumented immigrants. Unlike state IDs,

WASHINGTON (UPI) — Senate Democrats on Thursday considered causing a federal government shutdown this weekend as a means to make sure Republicans honor benefits for retired coal miners that were implemented by President Barack

COLUMBUS, Ohio (UPI) — John Herschel Glenn, Jr., one of the most prominent astronauts in American history and a four-term U.S. senator from Ohio, died Thursday at a medical center in Columbus, hospital officials

Kenney went off script Tuesday to say he is standing his ground on Sanctuary Cities. After a nearly four-minute speech at the Community College of Philadelphia on the work his administration has done in

It’s been a tough decade for the political left. Eight years ago, a Time magazine cover portrayed Barack Obama as Franklin Roosevelt, complete with a cigarette and holder and a cover line proclaiming, “The

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) — U.S. Pacific Command Commander Adm. Harry Harris says those who served during the attack on Pearl Harbor never failed to stand for the national anthem. His remarks Wednesday at

Massachusetts’ EBT card holders are spending welfare cash in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, while patronizing or at least accessing ATMs in liquor and tobacco stores, beauty salons and tattoo

Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of state is an ongoing guessing game, but it’s his choice of Scott Pruitt to run the Environmental Protection Agency that’s making headlines this week. That’s because Pruitt, Oklahoma’s